Jean Rollin

Jean Rollin

1938-11-03 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France 71 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil (3 November 1938 – 15 December 2010) was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his films in the fantastique genre such as the vampire film Le Viol du Vampire (1968) and the first French gore film Les Raisins de la Mort (1978). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Rollin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin

Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

The story of French filmmaker Jean Rollin (1938-2010), one of the most singular voices of European cult cinema, deeply misunderstood and widely misrep...

The Story of French Fantasy Cinema

The Story of French Fantasy Cinema

2019

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

The story of the French fantasy cinema from Méliès to Raw.

Jean Rollin: The Stray Dreamer

Jean Rollin: The Stray Dreamer

2011

as Himself

7.0
Acting

Who is Jean Rollin? A man who has spent his childhood in the middle of some of the greatest intellectuals of the twentieth century. An artist who has...

Rencontre avec Jean Rollin et Jean-Pierre Bouyxou à la boutique Hors-Circuits

2011

as Self

Acting

A discussion between Jean Rollin and Jean-Pierre Bouyxou

The Mask of Medusa

The Mask of Medusa

2009

Director

3.7
Directing

The film is a modern-day telling of the Greek mythological tale of the Gorgon and was inspired by the 1964 classic Hammer Horror film of the same name...

The Night of the Clocks

The Night of the Clocks

2007

Director, Writer

4.0
Directing Writing

A young woman inherits the house of Jean Michel but she is haunted by strange dreams and numbers. She has no idea that this is the beginning of the 't...

Dracula's Fiancée

Dracula's Fiancée

2002

Director

4.5
Directing

A professor and his protege's search for Dracula leads them to a group of nuns who have held a young woman captive, so she can be married off the vamp...

Bloody Lips & Iron Roses: The Work of Jean Rollin

2002

as Self

Acting
Two Orphan Vampires

Two Orphan Vampires

1997

Screenplay, Novel, Director

5.0
Writing Directing

A pair of teenage girls, who are blind by day, but when the sun goes down, they roam the streets to quench their thirst for blood.

Matilda's Perfume

Matilda's Perfume

1995

Writer, Director

7.5
Writing Directing

We see a Rolls-Royce ride into the country, with a young orphan named Eva, accompanied by her uncle and aunt. They go to the man, she just married, bu...

Dinosaur From The Deep

Dinosaur From The Deep

1993

as Professeur Nolan

3.8
Acting

Year 2004. Not knowing how to run an abominable criminal recidivist while the death penalty has been abolished, FBI experts and lawyers condemned the ...

Killing Car

Killing Car

1993

Director

2.9
Directing

Two cops try to stop a mysterious serial killer dubbed "Car Woman" after the toy car she always leaves next to her victims in this surreal slasher.

Alien Platoon

Alien Platoon

1992

as Maj. Taylor

2.7
Acting

Major Taylor creates a super-soldier who goes rogue due to his insatiable lust for 'girls' and runs amok in the French countryside.

Trepanator

Trepanator

1992

as Dr. Roll

3.8
Acting

Dr. Herbert East is working in his uncle's clinic and experimenting with brain transplants.

In Pursuit of Barbara

1991

Acting

In 1990, Jean Rollin was hired to transform some footage Jesús Franco had shot in 1971 into a new jungle adventure film. Rollin gave up after a few da...

In Pursuit of Barbara

1991

Director

Directing

In 1990, Jean Rollin was hired to transform some footage Jesús Franco had shot in 1971 into a new jungle adventure film. Rollin gave up after a few da...

Lost in New York

Lost in New York

1989

Director, Writer

5.3
Directing Writing

A dreamy film in which two women are transported from a beach in France to New York City. Separated and lost, they frantically search for one another.

Emmanuelle 6

Emmanuelle 6

1988

Director, Writer

4.0
Directing Writing

Journey with Emmanuelle and the world's most excuisite models deep into the Venezuelan Amazon jungle to the heart of paradise. Beauty can be dangerous...

Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons

Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons

1985

Director

5.0
Directing

Divisional Inspector Bricot sends two detectives to the French Riviera to dismantle a drug deal in a carnival mask factory. However, knowing the low e...

Sidewalks of Bangkok

Sidewalks of Bangkok

1984

Director

3.7
Directing

Adventure, crime and mystery combine with comic book dialogue and some sadistic sex for good measure. Playfully perverse, pistol-packing fun with Yoko...

Folies anales

Folies anales

1983

Director

3.0
Directing

Two gangsters are playing poker. It's a big bet, the nightclub belongs to one of the two. When one of the gangsters finds out he's being cheated on by...

The Living Dead Girl

The Living Dead Girl

1982

Director, Writer

5.9
Directing Writing

A toxic spill revives a beautiful, dead heiress who, with the help of her childhood friend, must quench her insatiable thirst for blood.

Dreams of the sexes

Dreams of the sexes

1982

Director

Directing
The Escapees

The Escapees

1981

as A client at Vénus club (uncredited)

4.6
Acting

On the run from an asylum for the insane, two girls embark on a surreal journey with a group of traveling erotic dancers.

The Escapees

The Escapees

1981

Director, Screenplay

4.6
Directing Writing

On the run from an asylum for the insane, two girls embark on a surreal journey with a group of traveling erotic dancers.

Zombie Lake

Zombie Lake

1981

as Inspector Spitz

3.2
Acting

In a small village, somewhere in France, German soldiers, killed and thrown into the lake by the Resistance during WWII, come back.

Zombie Lake

Zombie Lake

1981

Director

3.2
Directing

In a small village, somewhere in France, German soldiers, killed and thrown into the lake by the Resistance during WWII, come back.

The Night of the Hunted

The Night of the Hunted

1980

Director, Screenplay

5.5
Directing Writing

A woman is taken to a mysterious clinic whose patients have a mental disorder in which their memories and identities are disintegrating as a result of...

Clinique pour soins très spéciaux

Clinique pour soins très spéciaux

1980

Acting
L'Infirmière au minou rasé

L'Infirmière au minou rasé

1980

10.0
Acting
Vibrations sexuelles

Vibrations sexuelles

1979

Director

7.1
Directing

Alban has lost the lust for love. A female psychiatrist helps him to find the meaning of life and sex once more.

Fascination

Fascination

1979

Director, Screenplay

6.1
Directing Writing

A runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic wo...

Gamines en chaleur

Gamines en chaleur

1979

Director

7.5
Directing

Monique is a horny but frustrated virgin teenager living with her aunt and uncle. The aunt is very puritanical or pretends to be. The maid, Yvette, sy...

Lèvres gloutonnes

Lèvres gloutonnes

1978

Acting
Lèvres entrouvertes

Lèvres entrouvertes

1978

Director

Directing
Par devant par derrière

Par devant par derrière

1978

as Invité

5.5
Acting

A young girl arrives unannounced at his uncle to celebrate her birthday, as he is not free, she holds a very special evening with friends of his uncle...

Par devant par derrière

Par devant par derrière

1978

Director

5.5
Directing

A young girl arrives unannounced at his uncle to celebrate her birthday, as he is not free, she holds a very special evening with friends of his uncle...

Disco Sex

Disco Sex

1978

as Sound Engineer

6.5
Acting

A disco band shows up at a studio to make a new album, but they are badly mobbed by a bunch of female groupies. A big orgy breaks out that postpones t...

Disco Sex

Disco Sex

1978

Director

6.5
Directing

A disco band shows up at a studio to make a new album, but they are badly mobbed by a bunch of female groupies. A big orgy breaks out that postpones t...

The Grapes of Death

The Grapes of Death

1978

as The winemaker

5.9
Acting

A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into murderous lunatics.

The Grapes of Death

The Grapes of Death

1978

Screenplay, Director, Story

5.9
Writing Directing

A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into murderous lunatics.

Remplissez-moi... les 3 trous

Remplissez-moi... les 3 trous

1978

Director, Writer

5.2
Directing Writing

Barbara Moose lounges by the pool waiting for the guests to arrive for a party.

Wünsche und Perversionen

Wünsche und Perversionen

1977

Director

Directing

An inflexible father does not want his daughter to marry, at least not with the man she has chosen. After he has been blackmailed with lurid photos th...

Positions danoises

Positions danoises

1977

Director, Writer

4.0
Directing Writing

Mirna is learning a script when Willy arrives home. Meanwhile, other couples come to search for the manuscript.

Saute-moi dessus

Saute-moi dessus

1977

Director

Directing
Apothéose porno

Apothéose porno

1976

Director

Directing
Amours collectives

Amours collectives

1976

as Mike Gentle - the vampire

Acting

Amours Collectives starts out as libertarian porn, but ends up more like direct cinema, in which the film itself functions as its own making-of! Witty...

Amours collectives

Amours collectives

1976

Writer

Writing

Amours Collectives starts out as libertarian porn, but ends up more like direct cinema, in which the film itself functions as its own making-of! Witty...

The Countess X

The Countess X

1976

Director

5.7
Directing

A group of friends come together to have a party, but in the woods near the castle a kleptomaniac is hiding and waiting to take advance of the partygo...

Douces pénétrations

Douces pénétrations

1976

Director, Writer

Directing Writing
Indécences

Indécences

1975

Producer

4.0
Producing

Two young couples live together in a house, and face a miserable holiday, because they are broke. The girls then have the bright idea to turn their ho...

Lips of Blood

Lips of Blood

1975

as Cemetery Guard

5.9
Acting

Frédéric sees a photograph of a ruined seaside castle, which triggers a strange childhood memory. He then goes on a strange quest, aided by four femal...

Lips of Blood

Lips of Blood

1975

Writer, Director

5.9
Writing Directing

Frédéric sees a photograph of a ruined seaside castle, which triggers a strange childhood memory. He then goes on a strange quest, aided by four femal...

Hard Penetration

Hard Penetration

1975

Director

4.0
Directing

Servien and Marbeuf are two crooks who try to get some hired girls to keep a rich prince busy whilst they want to steal his jewels.

The Seduction of Amy

The Seduction of Amy

1975

as Rapist

4.3
Acting

An evil count lures beautiful women to his castle, there to imprison them in his torture chamber for his amusement.

The Seduction of Amy

The Seduction of Amy

1975

Director, Screenplay

4.3
Directing Writing

An evil count lures beautiful women to his castle, there to imprison them in his torture chamber for his amusement.

The Demoniacs

The Demoniacs

1974

Director, Writer

5.9
Directing Writing

A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted islan...

Fly Me the French Way

Fly Me the French Way

1974

Director, Writer, Producer

5.0
Directing Writing Producing

Valerie watches over her cousin's place while he's away for six months. She spends her first night there reading, playing records, and calling her gir...

Schoolgirl Hitchhikers

Schoolgirl Hitchhikers

1973

as Man in red Turtleneck

3.1
Acting

Two female hitchhikers get mixed up with a gang of thieves and their stolen jewelery.

Schoolgirl Hitchhikers

Schoolgirl Hitchhikers

1973

Writer, Director

3.1
Writing Directing

Two female hitchhikers get mixed up with a gang of thieves and their stolen jewelery.

The Iron Rose

The Iron Rose

1973

as The Prowler

6.3
Acting

A young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can't find their way out,...

The Iron Rose

The Iron Rose

1973

Director, Writer

6.3
Directing Writing

A young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can't find their way out,...

Requiem for a Vampire

Requiem for a Vampire

1971

Director, Writer

5.2
Directing Writing

Two girls on the run get lost in the French countryside, and wind up in a haunted chateau occupied by an ailing vampire and his servants.

The Shiver of the Vampires

The Shiver of the Vampires

1971

Director, Writer

5.1
Directing Writing

A young, honeymooning couple stop for the night at an ancient castle. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is home to a horde of vampires who have their ow...

La secte du diable

1971

Acting
The Nude Vampire

The Nude Vampire

1970

Director, Writer

4.8
Directing Writing

A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she's being ...

The Rape of the Vampire

The Rape of the Vampire

1968

as Villager

5.2
Acting

After a psychoanalyst unsuccessfully tries to convince four sisters that they are not 200 year old vampires, the Queen of the Vampires promulgates the...

The Rape of the Vampire

The Rape of the Vampire

1968

Producer, Director, Screenplay

5.2
Producing Directing Writing

After a psychoanalyst unsuccessfully tries to convince four sisters that they are not 200 year old vampires, the Queen of the Vampires promulgates the...

The Far Countries

The Far Countries

1965

Director

5.4
Directing

A couple is lost in a town where everyone speaks some strange language, and they can't find their way out.

The Yellow Loves

The Yellow Loves

1958

Director

4.5
Directing

Short film from French director Jean Rollin with poetry by Tristan Corbière's (1845-1875).

Paris ciné bis

Paris ciné bis

N/A

as Self

Acting

Frédéric Charruault, loyal reader of Médusa Fanzine, had produced in 1994, a short documentary on the cinemas of Paris (the Brady, theTrianon, the Par...